Automobile-guard.



A. R. FINKELSTEIN.

AUTOMOBILE GUARD. APPLICATION FILED IBB. 4, 1914.

1,104,647., Patented July 21', 1914,

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AUTOMOBILE GUARD. I APPLICATION F ILED FEB.4,1914. 1,104, 47, 5 Patented July 21, 1914.

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wwtoz weoom LJ ABRAHAM B. FINKELSTEIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YQRK.

AUTOMOBILE-GUARD.

Specif cation of Letters Patent.

Patented July 211, 191 i.

Application filed February 4, 1914. Serial No. 816,451.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that l, ABRAHAM R. FINKEL- STEIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of. Kings and State of New York, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Automobile-Guards, of'wliich the following is a specification.

The general object of this invention is to improve the construction of automobile fenders in point of promoting the general efficiency of the same.

Another object is the provision of a fender, whereby an object may be rolled away from in front of a vehicle and thus be removed from the path thereof. And to these ends the invention consists of a frame pivotally connected to the front of the vehicle and rotating elements mounted on the end of the frame for contacting with the vehicle wheels.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specifi' cation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, in which z- 1 Figure 1 is a side view of my fender in position on the front portion of an automobile. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view of my invention dctached from the vehicle. Fig. i is a side view of a. modified form of the invention in position on an automobile. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a bracket for attaching the fender to the steering knuckle of the vehicle.

As shown in the drawings the device consists of the supporting arms 5, the attaching brackets (3, and the rollers 7 andS which are mounted at the ends of the arms 5 and which are formed of any suitable material and preferably covered with rubber or the like.

a indicates the motor of the automobile to which the device is applied. 4

The brackets 6 may be formed of any suitable material, such as iron, steel, or the like, and are provided with an attaching portion 10, which is shaped so as to be secured to the steering knuckle b of the vehicle, as shown in Fig. 1. The brackets are also provided with an off-set bearing portion 11, and an obliquely-disposed ear 12;, and it will be noted, by referring to Fig. 1, that the hear ing 11 is not in horizontal alinement with the axle cl of the vehicle. The reason for this will be hereinafter fully explained.

. As shown in Figs. 1, and 3 of the drawings the arms 5 are connected together by a .web 17 and each arm 5 includes a tubular member 16 and a rod member 19, slidably mounted therein. Therods 19 are connected with head members 13. Heads 20 are provided upon the rods 19, and are located in the tubular members 16, and springs 21 are interposed between the said heads and the I ends of the tubular members, as best shown in Fig. The members 16 are provided with pivoted bearings 22 in which are mounted shafts 23 for carrying the rollers.

The arms are adapted to be swung againstv the periphery of the wheels so that the roll ers' may be brought into contact with the wheels and thus are adapted to be seen .ed in a direction reverse to the direction of tation of the wheel, and obviously will'tend to roll awayfrom the wheels any object which has inadvertently entered the path of thc vchicle. The rollers are adaptedv to as sume this position by virtue of the'bcaring llbcing located above the horizontal plane of the axle, the arms, when swung down wardly taking an eccentric motion and positioning the rollers in contact with the wheels. as shown. When it is desired to place the device in the inoperative position, the arms 5 are swung upwardly,'to the posilion showu-indottcd lines in Fig. 1, so that the hole 24. in the member 13, coincides with the hole in the bracket 6; a suitable pin (not shown) may then be fitted in the holes for the purpose of supporting the bracket in its upper or inoperative position.

lt will be noted that by virtue of the resilient telescoping structureofthe supporting; arms, these arms are adapted to vary in length with relation to the angle in which the wheel of the vehicle is steered; the rollers therefore are adapted to ell'ect an angular movement when thefivheels are steered and thus are in constant'contact with the periphery of the wheel.

In the modified form of the invention which is shown in Figs. 4;, 5 and 6, the brackets 6 are similar in shape and structure to the previously described form of the 'ining members 27 and 28; the member 27 is pivoted to the bracket 6 and, being eccentrically swung with relation to the axle d, is locked in the up position in a similar manner to that described in-the preferred form of the invention. The member '27 is also provided with an obliquely disthe same. The rollers and buffer are preferably formed of a material suitably covered with rubber or the like, and are angular in shape as shown. The rollers are adapted to be actuated by the wheels of the vehicle, as before described, and by virtue of the an?- gular shape of the same, they will sweep any obstacle away from the path of the vehicle.

It is obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of construction and arrangements of parts Without departing from the spirit of my invention and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such features except as may be required by the claims. I 5

What is claimed as new is:

1. In an automobile fender, the combination with the steering knuckles of the vehi- 'cle'; offa telescoping frame pivotally carried by the steering knuckles, an'd rollers trans-' versely mounted on the frame for contacting with the-vehicle wheels.

2. In an automobile fender, the combination with the steering knuckles of the vehicle; of a telescoping frame pivotally carried by the steering knuckles,and adapted to be swung to an operative and an inoperative position} and rollers transversely mounted on the frame for contacting with the vehicle wheels when the frame is swung to its operative position.

3. In an automobile fender, the combination with the steering knuckles of the vehicle; of brackets secured to the knuckles, a

telescoping frame pivotally carried by the said brackets and rollers rotatably carried by the frame and adapted to be actuated by the vehicle wheels substantially as'describe'd.

4:. In an,autpmobil e fender, the combination with the steering knuckles of the Vehicle; of brackets carried by the said knuckles,

a telescoping frame pivotally carried by the said brackets and adapted to be swung to an operative and an inoperative posltion,

means for locking the frame in the inopera-' tive position, shafts mounted transversely on the frame, and. rollers carried by. the

shafts and adapted to be actuated by the wheels of the vehicle substantially as deaxle of the vehicle, and further adapted to be locked in one position, transverse shafts pivotally carried by the arms, and

rollers mounted on the shafts and adapted,

to be rotated by the wheels of the vehicle substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

JOHN A. DOMEGLY,

Gno. A BYRNE.

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Washington, D. C." 

